Published in 1883, it is a collection by Émile Verhaeren (Audio Book)
[Ebook reader of 'Les Flamandes']
Summary :
Émile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, born in Saint-Amand, Belgium, is a Flemish Belgian poet, speaking French. In 1883, he published his first collection of realist-naturalist poems, Les Flamandes, dedicated to his native country. Welcomed with enthusiasm by the avant-garde, the work caused a scandal in his native country. His parents even tried with the help of the village priest to buy the entire print run and destroy it. The scandal had been an unacknowledged goal of the poet, in order to become known more quickly.
Excerpt: They, these crazy women, are queens in the godailles, - Let their greedy lovers, in Flemish, in loons, - Lead old crooks as in the good old days, - Temples in water, eyes on fire, tongue out, - With great hiccups, chanting the fat songs, - Curses spat out loudly, hand to hand struggles - And knocking blows to crush their carcasses, - While they, the blood still on edge, - Their mouths open to the cries, throats gulping, - After dance jumps that split the tiles, - Shocks of bodies, clashes of flesh and blows, - Licking suffered in an embrace, - All moist with ardor fall stripped of their hair.
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